Provolt is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Grants Pass on Oregon Route 238, near the Applegate River on the county line between Jackson and Josephine counties.[2][3]
Provolt, Oregon | |
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  Provolt  Provolt | |
| Coordinates: 42°17′14″N 123°13′49″W / 42.28722°N 123.23028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Jackson |
| Elevation | 1,181 ft (360 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1125682[1] |
| Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1] | |
Provolt post office was named for a pioneer family of the area.[4] The Provolt Store was started about 1875 by Samuel Provolt.[5] The post office was established in 1895 in what was then Josephine County; Mary E. Provolt was the first postmaster.[4] The office was discontinued in 1955.[4]
According to author Ralph Friedman, Provolt's entire business district consists of the historic country store.[6] Provolt, however, also has a grange hall one block south of the store.[7]
Climate
editAccording to the Köppen climate classification system, Grants Pass has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa).
Summer days are sunny, dry and warm to hot, with dramatic cooling at night; the average July high temperature is 89.1 °F (31.7 °C) and the low is 49.6 °F (9.8 °C). Winters are cool, with freezing mornings, and fairly rainy, with only a few inches of snow; the average December high temperature is 46.2 °F (7.9 °C) and the low is 30.9 °F (−0.6 °C). Grants Pass receives roughly 30 inches (760 mm) precipitation per year, with three-quarters of it occurring between November 1 and March 31. The mild winters and dry summers support a native vegetation structure quite different from the rest of Oregon, dominated by madrone, deciduous and evergreen oak, manzanita, pine, bush chinquapin, and other species that are far less abundant further north.
| Climate data for Provolt, CA | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 74 (23) |
73 (23) |
82 (28) |
95 (35) |
102 (39) |
112 (44) |
110 (43) |
110 (43) |
105 (41) |
95 (35) |
78 (26) |
68 (20) |
112 (44) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 61 (16) |
65 (18) |
73 (23) |
83 (28) |
90 (32) |
97 (36) |
101 (38) |
101 (38) |
97 (36) |
85 (29) |
67 (19) |
60 (16) |
104 (40) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 48.6 (9.2) |
53.8 (12.1) |
58.8 (14.9) |
64.8 (18.2) |
72.4 (22.4) |
80.1 (26.7) |
89.1 (31.7) |
88.9 (31.6) |
82.1 (27.8) |
69.4 (20.8) |
54.1 (12.3) |
46.2 (7.9) |
67.4 (19.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 39.8 (4.3) |
42.4 (5.8) |
45.9 (7.7) |
50.4 (10.2) |
56.6 (13.7) |
62.7 (17.1) |
69.4 (20.8) |
68.7 (20.4) |
62.6 (17.0) |
53.0 (11.7) |
44.0 (6.7) |
38.5 (3.6) |
52.8 (11.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 30.9 (−0.6) |
31.0 (−0.6) |
33.0 (0.6) |
36.1 (2.3) |
40.8 (4.9) |
45.3 (7.4) |
49.6 (9.8) |
48.4 (9.1) |
42.9 (6.1) |
36.6 (2.6) |
33.9 (1.1) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
38.3 (3.5) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 21 (−6) |
20 (−7) |
23 (−5) |
26 (−3) |
29 (−2) |
35 (2) |
41 (5) |
39 (4) |
33 (1) |
26 (−3) |
22 (−6) |
19 (−7) |
14 (−10) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 5 (−15) |
4 (−16) |
9 (−13) |
13 (−11) |
14 (−10) |
23 (−5) |
29 (−2) |
28 (−2) |
21 (−6) |
9 (−13) |
1 (−17) |
−1 (−18) |
−1 (−18) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.04 (128) |
3.54 (90) |
3.47 (88) |
2.36 (60) |
1.36 (35) |
0.67 (17) |
0.25 (6.4) |
0.24 (6.1) |
0.54 (14) |
2.01 (51) |
4.09 (104) |
6.01 (153) |
29.58 (752.5) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.0 (7.6) |
2.3 (5.8) |
1.1 (2.8) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
1.6 (4.1) |
8.3 (21.06) |
| Source: NOAA [8] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b c "Provolt". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 20, 1980. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
- ^ Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p. 327. OCLC 4874569.
- ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 787. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ "Josephine County Historical Society's "Passport To History" - Provolt Store - Provolt, Oregon". Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 243. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
- ^ DeRosia, Susan (February 13, 2003). "Love Is in the Air". Ashland Daily Tidings. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ "Summary of Monthly Normals". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
External links
edit- Historic image of Provolt from Salem Public Library
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